The Blackfriary Archaeology Field School is part of the award-winning Blackfriary Community Heritage and Archaeology Project (BCHAP) in the town of Trim, County Meath, Ireland. Focusing on the buried remains of the 13th-century AD/CE Dominican friary and associated graveyard, the field school is suitable for students from a wide range of backgrounds, including archaeology, history, anthropology, and forensics, and for students looking for a unique study abroad experience. As participants in a public archaeology project, students are actively engaged in outreach activities on-site. They are also housed with families in Trim, allowing them to integrate with the local community.

They are offering three courses in summer 2026 (https://bafs.ie/summer/).

• A two-week introductory course runs on three dates: June 2^nd – 12^th; June 30^th – July 10^th and July 13^th – 24^th, 2026
• A 4-week course which combines the introductory course with a 2-week advanced course, running from June 2^nd – June 26^h, 2026.
• A five-week course, from June 30^th – July 31st, 2026, which has a significant bioarchaeology component taught by Dr. Rachel Scott of DePaul University, Chicago, focusing especially on analysis of the significant human remains excavated at Black Friary.

Both give training in excavation and post-excavation methods. The four- and five-week courses are fully accredited through DkIT. Six semester credits (12.5 ECT credits) are offered for the four-week course and 7 -8 (15 ECTs credits) for the five-week course.

For students with previous field and/or lab experience, they offer internships for a minimum of six weeks in the areas of excavation, post-excavation, and community outreach. Students can send queries or apply to a course directly through the website.

In addition to their open enrolment courses above, they also host faculty-led courses for a range of academic partners and have significant experience in providing services to students and faculty, ensuring an excellent educational and culturally rich study abroad experience.

To learn more/apply, please visit their website

Description 

Graduate Internships are offered in the four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust—the Getty Museum, the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Research Institute, and the Getty Foundation—and in Getty Publications, Getty Digital, Communications, and Development. Placements are typically available in areas such as curatorial, education, conservation, research, publications, web and new media, public programs, digital projects, and grantmaking.

Requirments

Internships are open to students of all nationalities. Individuals from groups underrepresented across the fields of art history, conservation, and museums are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be: students currently enrolled in a graduate program (Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), graduate conservation certificate, or their equivalents for international applicants) in a field relevant to the internship(s) for which they are applying, or idividuals who have completed a relevant graduate degree (Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), graduate conservation certificate, or their equivalents for international applicants) on or after January 1, 2023, with postgraduate activities in their field, paid or unpaid.

Application Instructions 

Applicants are required to submit a complete online Graduate Internship application form by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on November 4, 2025. Materials received after the deadline will result in an incomplete application. They cannot accept applications hand-delivered to the Getty Center or those sent by e-mail or fax.

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The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is pleased to invite applications to the summer program in Turkish, Istanbul 2025.

ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offers intensive advanced study of Turkish at Bogazici University during the summer 2025.  For intermediate-level learners, participants must have completed two years of Turkish language study or the equivalent.  The fellowships cover round-trip airfare to Istanbul, application and tuition fees, and a maintenance stipend.

The application deadline is February 28, 2025, by 5 pm EST.  For additional information please see the program webpage at
https://aritweb.org/fellowships/arit-summer-fellowships-turkish/

Overview
The program will be delivered on site at the Blackfriary Archaeology Field School, a medieval friary site in Trim in the Boyne Valley in County Meath. The research on the site focuses on the buried remains of a 13th century Dominican friary and associated graveyard, and the field school is suitable for students from a wide range of backgrounds including archaeology, history, anthropology, and forensics.

Dates
Certificate in Archaeological Excavation and Recording: four-week period from June 3rd–June 27th
Certificate in Archaeological Excavation and Recording with Osteology: five-week period from July 1st–August 1st

Location
The Blackfriary site is situated in the Medieval town of Trim, County Meath which is the heritage capital of Ireland. Trim is in the heart of the Boyne Valley close to the World Heritage site at Brú na Bóinne where the 5000-year-old passage tombs of Knowth, Dowth and Newgrange are located . These significant sites, as well as the legendary Hill of Tara, the Hill of Slane and Mellifont abbey are also situated within the Boyne Valley and can be visited easily.

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